Catholic schools are a larger share around Minburn County No. 27: 2 of 5, against 18% in Alberta
Catholic schooling here comes from The Elk Island Catholic Separate School Division. They come under 3 school boards. Taken together, Minburn County No. 27 and its 3 km edge hold 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade for 1,350 students.
What stands out about Minburn County No. 27’s schools
Results on both sides
The results split: 1 of 5 schools in the upper two fifths in Alberta, 1 in the lower, with A. L. Horton Elementary School, St. Martin's Catholic School and St. Mary's Catholic High School on top. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Who runs Minburn County No. 27’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 3 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Elk Island School DivisionVegreville, A. L. Horton | English public | 2 | 712 |
| The Elk Island Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Martin's, St. Mary's Catholic | English Catholic | 2 | 432 |
| The Buffalo Trail School DivisionMannville | English public | 1 | 206 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Minburn County No. 27’s schools do on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
Its School Grade is A−: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Alberta |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 5 | 73% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 12% | 13% |
On the acceptable standard the area runs ahead, 73% against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| A. L. Horton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 22% | Second fifth |
| St. Martin's Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| St. Mary's Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 10% | Middle fifth |
| Mannville SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 11% | Middle fifth |
| Vegreville Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
Alberta Education and Childcare, PAT multiyear school results (core courses pooled). Alberta’s own notes: breaches in 2021–22, wildfires in 2022–24, the January 2026 sitting cancelled, pilot-curriculum students excused. Open Government Licence – Alberta.
Where the 5 schools in and around Minburn County No. 27 are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Minburn County No. 27
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
None of them teaches in French.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
How children get a place in Minburn County No. 27
Catholic schools
A separate (Catholic) board runs its own schools with public money and its own admission rules.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Minburn County No. 27
Towns its size in Alberta
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palliser | 4,987 | 47 | 22,203 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | 3,176 | 6 | 839 | 0 | 13 km |
| Brookside | 3,173 | 56 | 26,777 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Crystallina Nera West | 3,150 | 23 | 11,700 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Thorhild County | 3,147 | 3 | 740 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Minburn County No. 27 | 3,142 | 5 | 1,350 | 0 | 17 km |
| Westgate | 3,139 | 51 | 19,337 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Garrison Woods | 3,138 | 71 | 23,570 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 59 | 19,620 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Clear Hills | 3,110 | 2 | 115 | 0 | 13 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
More schools are within reach in 165 of the 195 other towns. Teaching in French: 83 of the 196 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Minburn County No. 27
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minburn County No. 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 km |
| Vegreville 18 km | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 km |
The busiest neighbour is Vegreville, with 7 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Minburn County No. 27’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of Alberta’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the two PAT measures; suppressed groups would make places misleading.
Questions about schools in Minburn County No. 27
How do I get a place at a school in Minburn County No. 27?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which boards run the schools in Minburn County No. 27?
The Elk Island School Division (2), The Elk Island Catholic Separate School Division (2) and The Buffalo Trail School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a French-language school in Minburn County No. 27?
Not within 3 km of Minburn County No. 27. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Minburn County No. 27?
The town holds 1 of them; 4 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).